Welcome to Journalism and Yearbook!

Yearbook is a year-long, technology class that produces the school yearbook. Members of the class are expected to have a high level of maturity and the ability to work independently. Students will be responsible for the production, design, and publication of the school yearbook. This production-based course requires both in class and after-school time. This is a wonderful opportunity for members of the team to exercise their creativity while developing new skills in computer design, photography, copy writing, and project management. Creating the yearbook is a fun process and the end result of all the effort is a product the students can be proud of. 

Learning Objectives

❏Define and understand the purpose behind producing a yearbook.

❏ Create a publication that reflects who DMS students are and what they have accomplished throughout the school year.

❏ Collaborate and work cooperatively within time constraints (DEADLINES)

❏ Develop leadership skills.

❏ Design aesthetically pleasing layouts: placing the dominant photo and subordinate photos; establishing an eye line; placing headlines, story copy and captions; properly using white space; and enhancing layouts with the use of graphics.

❏ Understand, practice, and learn skills for developing the unifying idea for the yearbook.

❏ Edit, proofread and evaluate their own and others’ work.

❏ Understand, practice and learn skills essential in Photoshop. 

❏ Understand, practice and learn skills for writing captions for photographs. 

Students will need the following supplies: 

• HCS Chromebook (Charged DAILY)
• 5-subject notebook (Five Star)
• Selfie Stick for Iphone/Samsung
• 35mm camera
• SD card